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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Knuth, Rebecca (1949-....)
Titre(s) : Children's literature and British identity [Texte imprimé] : imagining a people and a nation / Rebecca Knuth
Publication : Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow press, 2012
Description matérielle : ix, 209 p. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; Creating 'good' children ; Socialization : loyalty, duty, and self-sacrifice
; Creating manliness and the boy hero ; Romanticizing childhood and England ; Being
playful and emotionally alive ; Small adventures and happiness ; Autonomy and affirmation
; Into the story-pot: Harry and heroism ; A modern English folklore.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 193-200 and index
Publisher description : For more than 250 years, English children's literature has
transmitted values to the next generation. The stories convey to children what they
should identify with and aspire to, even as notions of "goodness" change over time.
Through reading, children absorb an ethos of Englishness that grounds personal identity
and underpins national consciousness. Such authors as Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien,
and J. K. Rowling have entertained, motivated, confronted social wrongs, and transmitted
cultural mores in their works--functions previously associated with folklore. Their
stories form a new folklore tradition that provides social glue and supports a love
of England and English values. In Children's Literature and British Identity: Imagining
a People and a Nation, Rebecca Knuth follows the development of the genre, focusing
on how stories inspire children to adhere to the morals of society. This book examines
how this tradition came to fruition, exploring the works of several authors, and evaluating
the connection between children's literature and the dissemination and formation of
identity
Sujet(s) : Littérature anglaise pour la jeunesse
Enfants -- Livres et lecture -- Grande-Bretagne
Littérature et société -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780810885165 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0810885166 (cloth) (alk. paper). -
ISBN 9780810885172 (ebook). - ISBN 0810885174 (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb434913564
Notice n° :
FRBNF43491356
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